Outstanding News in Pictures: September 3, 2011

The outstanding news on September 3, 2011 include the huge fire on the main interstate between Southern California and Las Vegas, the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock desert, and the political demonstration in Madrid.

IMF’s former head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested in May on charges of forcing a hotel housekeeper to perform oral sex and trying to rape her, was spotted heading to the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport with his wife on September 3, 2011. He was claimed to board a plane to his native France. The sexual assault case four months ago made him lose his job and possibly his French presidential ambition.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves his rented town house on Franklin Street in the Tribeca section of Manhattan in New York on September 3, 2011

Beachgoers run for shelter as the rain in Dauphin Island, Ala starts pouring down on September 3, 2011. As Tropical Storm Lee striking the Louisiana coast causes sporadic heavy rain

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins the men's 200 meters final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on September 3, 2011

A fire helicopter drops water over homes in Oak Hills, Calif. after a huge wildfire occurs on September 2, 2011 on the main interstate between Southern California and Las Vegas

Children gather near a destroyed tank at the vegetable market in Misrata, Libya on September 3, 2011

A man stands near the wharf damaged by the Mangyongbyong cruise ship during its first trip in Rason City, North Korea on September 3, 2011

Shaza Anderson, left, joins a tea ceremony with Ken Hamazaki during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock desert, Nevada, US on September 3, 2011

Police detain a man during a political demonstration in Madrid, Spain on September 3, 2011

The Red Arrows perform in Chatsworth, England on September 3, 2011 during their first aerobatic display since the death of pilot Jon Egging

A worker sprays water on the excavation of a settlement dating back to the Eastern Zhou dynasty in Henan, China on September 3, 2011

A Palestinian protester passes burning tires during the weekly protest against the settlement of Qadomim in Nablus, West Bank on September 3, 2011

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins the men's 200 meters final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships